koglist November 2012

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[koglist] reminder From Rational Choice to Reflexivity...Public Lecture by Alex Rosenberg, Wednesday, November 21, 5:30 p.m.

by Krisztina Biber

Dear All, This is a kind reminder about Alex Rosenberg's public lecture. Please find attached Professor Rosenberg's notes that he'll base his lecture on. The Department of Philosophy & the Provost’s Office at CEU cordially invite you to a public lecture by ALEX ROSENBERG Duke University on on >From Rational Choice to Reflexivity: Learning from Sen, Keynes, Hayek, and Soros at 17:30 on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 CEU-Auditorium, 1051 Bp., Nádor u. 9. This lecture identifies the major failings of mainstream economics and the rational choice theory it relies upon. These failures were identified by the four figures mentioned in the title: economics treats agents as rational fools; by the time the long run equilibrium arrives, we are all dead; the social, political and economic institutions that meet most urgent human needs most effectively could not have been the result of rational choice, but their "spontaneous order" needs to be explained; human uncertainty and reflexivity prohibit a predictively useful rational choice approach to human affairs, and even limit its role in institution design. The upshot is not a counsel of despair for social science but a guide to the kind of knowledge that the guidance of policy--public and private--really needs. Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, where is also professor of biology and political science. Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, visiting lecturer at Oxford University and a visiting fellow at the Research School of Social Science, of the Australian National University. In 1993 Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. In 2007 he held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center. In the same year he was also the Phi Beta Kappa-Romanell Lecturer. He is the author of many books in the philosophy of social and biological sciences. Kind regards, Zsuzsanna Bajó Assistant Office of Provost & the Pro-Rector for Hungarian and EU Affairs Central European University H-1051 Budapest, Nador u. 9. Tel.: (+ 36 1) 327 3000/2188 Fax: (+ 36 1) 327 3007 ( tel:%28%2B%2036%201%29%20327%203007 ) E-mail: bajozs(a)ceu.hu ( mailto:bajozs@ceu.hu ) Web: www.ceu.hu

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[koglist] reminder: invitation to a talk on 'Shared Agency and Motor Representation' by Stephen Butterfill - 20 November, 5.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Stephen Butterfill (University of Warwick) on 'Shared Agency and Motor Representation' Tuesday, 20 November, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Shared agency is paradigmatically involved when two or more people paint a house together, tidy the toys away together, or lift a two-handled basket together. To characterise shared agency, some philosophers have appealed to a special kind of intention or structure of intention, knowledge or commitment often called 'shared intention'. In this talk I shall argue that fully characterising shared agency may additionally require appeal to motor representation. Shared agency is not only a matter of what we intend: sometimes it also depends on interlocking structures of motor representation. This may have consequences for some metaphysical, normative and phenomenological questions about shared agency.

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[koglist] From Rational Choice to Reflexivity...Public Lecture by Alex Rosenberg, Wednesday, November 21, 5:30 p.m.

by Krisztina Biber

Dear All! This is a kind reminder about Alex Rosenberg's public lecture next week. Please find attached Professor Rosenberg's notes that he'll base his lecture on. The Department of Philosophy & the Provost’s Office at CEU cordially invite you to a public lecture by ALEX ROSENBERG Duke University on on >From Rational Choice to Reflexivity: Learning from Sen, Keynes, Hayek, and Soros at 17:30 on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 CEU-Auditorium, 1051 Bp., Nádor u. 9. This lecture identifies the major failings of mainstream economics and the rational choice theory it relies upon. These failures were identified by the four figures mentioned in the title: economics treats agents as rational fools; by the time the long run equilibrium arrives, we are all dead; the social, political and economic institutions that meet most urgent human needs most effectively could not have been the result of rational choice, but their "spontaneous order" needs to be explained; human uncertainty and reflexivity prohibit a predictively useful rational choice approach to human affairs, and even limit its role in institution design. The upshot is not a counsel of despair for social science but a guide to the kind of knowledge that the guidance of policy--public and private--really needs. Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, where is also professor of biology and political science. Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, visiting lecturer at Oxford University and a visiting fellow at the Research School of Social Science, of the Australian National University. In 1993 Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. In 2007 he held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center. In the same year he was also the Phi Beta Kappa-Romanell Lecturer. He is the author of many books in the philosophy of social and biological sciences. Kind regards, Zsuzsanna Bajó Assistant Office of Provost & the Pro-Rector for Hungarian and EU Affairs Central European University H-1051 Budapest, Nador u. 9. Tel.: (+ 36 1) 327 3000/2188 Fax: (+ 36 1) 327 3007 ( tel:%28%2B%2036%201%29%20327%203007 ) E-mail: bajozs(a)ceu.hu ( mailto:bajozs@ceu.hu ) Web: www.ceu.hu

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CORRECTION: Thomas C. Gunter, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM

by Mikolaj Hernik

My apologies for an unfortunate typo in the speaker's name. Our speaker next week is of course Thomas C. Gunter. -- Mikolaj PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Thomas C. Gunter (Max Planck Institute for Human, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig) Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor Title: Gesture-speech integration: Some examples of how gestures impact our verbal communication Abstract: In everyday face-to-face conversation, speakers not only use speech to transfer information but also rely on facial expression, body posture and gestures. In this talk I will take a closer look on how gestures potentially influence language processing on a semantic (part 1) as well as on a syntactic (part 2) level. The first part of the talk sketches some of the semantic influences of gestures and focus on how iconic gestures affect speech comprehension. Iconic gestures have a close formal relationship to the semantic content of speech. For instance, a speaker might perform a typing movement with her fingers while saying: “Yesterday I wrote the letter”. Clearly, a listener can extract additional information from these gestures (e.g. we know that the letter was written on a keyboard and not with a pen). Although there is no doubt that iconic gestures are communicative and can be integrated online with speech, little is known about the nature of this process and how our own communicative abilities and also our environment influence this integration process. In order to shed some light on these issues I will review several ERP-experiments which looked at the influence of task, timing and environment on gesture-speech integration. We will also discuss the issue whether gestures are incorporated in a personal communication style and whether they will selectively impact the perception of the communication of a specific individual. The second part of the talk will explore the possibility that gesture influences the syntactic aspect of language and will focus on beat-gestures. A beat gesture is a short, rhythmic movement or series of movements of the hand. They have been suggested to accent or emphasize portions of the co-expressive speech and may therefore influence which syntactic structure is assigned to a sequence of words. Recently we have carried out several ERP-experiments that suggest that indeed such gestures (and not other types of emphasis) can disambiguate ambiguous syntactic structures. Taken all the experimental evidence together, I will suggest that most effective communication not only involves the mouth, but also the hands. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] Thomas C. Hunter, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM

by Mikolaj Hernik

PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Thomas C. Gunter (Max Planck Institute for Human, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig) Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor Title: Gesture-speech integration: Some examples of how gestures impact our verbal communication Abstract: In everyday face-to-face conversation, speakers not only use speech to transfer information but also rely on facial expression, body posture and gestures. In this talk I will take a closer look on how gestures potentially influence language processing on a semantic (part 1) as well as on a syntactic (part 2) level. The first part of the talk sketches some of the semantic influences of gestures and focus on how iconic gestures affect speech comprehension. Iconic gestures have a close formal relationship to the semantic content of speech. For instance, a speaker might perform a typing movement with her fingers while saying: “Yesterday I wrote the letter”. Clearly, a listener can extract additional information from these gestures (e.g. we know that the letter was written on a keyboard and not with a pen). Although there is no doubt that iconic gestures are communicative and can be integrated online with speech, little is known about the nature of this process and how our own communicative abilities and also our environment influence this integration process. In order to shed some light on these issues I will review several ERP-experiments which looked at the influence of task, timing and environment on gesture-speech integration. We will also discuss the issue whether gestures are incorporated in a personal communication style and whether they will selectively impact the perception of the communication of a specific individual. The second part of the talk will explore the possibility that gesture influences the syntactic aspect of language and will focus on beat-gestures. A beat gesture is a short, rhythmic movement or series of movements of the hand. They have been suggested to accent or emphasize portions of the co-expressive speech and may therefore influence which syntactic structure is assigned to a sequence of words. Recently we have carried out several ERP-experiments that suggest that indeed such gestures (and not other types of emphasis) can disambiguate ambiguous syntactic structures. Taken all the experimental evidence together, I will suggest that most effective communication not only involves the mouth, but also the hands. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] (no subject)

by Dezso Nemeth

Kedves Kollégák és Hallgatók, November 20. kedden 17.00-18.00 óra között az Izabella utca 46. 403. teremben Prof. Antal Andrea (Göttingen University Medical School, Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology) előadást tart "*Nem-invaziv agyi stimulációs eljárások: a kutatastól a terápiáig*" cimmel. Minden érdeklődőt várunk szeretettel! üdv. Dezső -------------------------------------- NEMETH, Dezso (PhD) Institute of Psychology Eötvös Loránd University Memory and Language Lab: http://www.memory-and-language.com

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, no seminar on 21 November

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest This is just to remind you that there will be no seminar session on 21 November. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

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[koglist] BCCCD13 early bird registration deadline: TOMORROW - Nov. 15!

by Dora Kampis

Dear Colleagues, The early bird registration to the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2013 (BCCCD13) is tomorrow! Deadline for early registration is November 15, 2012. You can register online here: http://asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/index.php?menu=10 . The schedule of the BCCCD13 is now available online at the conference website: http://asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/index.php?menu=9 . Some information about the conference: Invited program: Invited speakers: Laurie R. Santos (Yale University): The evolutionary origins of theory of mind: What monkeys know about the beliefs of others Stanislas Dehaene (Collége de France): Advances in understanding reading acquisition Invited symposium: Organizer: Noah D. Goodman (Stanford University) Bayesian modeling of cognitive development Registration fees: Early bird fee (until Nov 15!): Student: 95 EUR Regular participant: 135 EUR Standard fee (after Nov 15): Student: 120 EUR Regular participant: 160 EUR The registration fee includes: » Admission to scientific sessions, poster, exhibition area » Conference materials » Abstract booklet » Coffee breaks » Conference Reception The hotel offers optional lunch for 13 EUR/person/day. Conference dates: The conference will start on Thursday, January 10 at 09:45 in the morning, and will end on Saturday, January 12 at 18:00 in the evening. There will be no parallel sessions. Non-scientific program: There will be a Gala Dinner on Saturday, January 12. The Dinner costs 37 EUR. Venue: The conference will be held at the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, in downtown Budapest. In case you have any questions please contact us at bcccd13(a)ceu.hu, or check out the conference website: www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd . We hope to see you in January! Best Regards, The BCCCD13 Organizing Committee

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] REMINDER: Véronique Izard, TODAY, November 14, 5pm

by Mikolaj Hernik

PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Véronique Izard, Université Paris Descartes Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor Title: Geometry as a universal mental construction Abstract: Geometry, etymologically the “science of measuring the Earth”, is a mathematical formalization of space. Just as formal concepts of number may be rooted in an evolutionary ancient system for perceiving numerical quantity, the fathers of geometry may have been inspired by their perception of space. Is the spatial content of formal Euclidean geometry universally present in the way humans perceive space, or is Euclidean geometry a mental construction, specific to those who have received appropriate instruction? The spatial content of the formal theories of geometry may depart from spatial perception for two reasons: first, because in geometry, only some of the features of spatial figures are theoretically relevant; and second, because some geometric concepts go beyond any possible perceptual experience. Focusing in turn on these two aspects of geometry, I will present several lines of research on U.S. adults and children from the age of 3, and participants from an Amazonian culture, the Mundurucu. Almost all the aspects of geometry tested proved to be shared between these two cultures. Nevertheless, some aspects involve a process of mental construction where explicit instruction seems to play a role in the U.S., but that can still take place in the absence of instruction in geometry. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Bacs - Tozser

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 14 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Bács and János Tőzsér Department of Social Sciences, University of Kaposvár A műalkotások filozófiailag legártatlanabb pillanatainkban (Works of art in our philosophically most innocent moments) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

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